Inturi: Civilians Still the First Victims
This report released by MSF emphasises the persistence of sexual violence as well as the direct humanitarian consequences of military operations in 2007 during a “pacification process” in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Living in Fear: Colombia's cycle of violence
This report seeks to raise awareness of the human cost of the conflict by giving a voice to those who bear the brunt of its harsh consequences. It highlights the direct consequences of violence upon people, consequences demanding greater attention and priority from the Colombian Government and other policy makers.

Life in Northern Uganda: All Shades of Grief and Fear
Conflict and violence have plagued much of Uganda since independence. The most protracted of these conflicts has been the ongoing war in northern Uganda, which has lasted nearly 18 years. The conflict has displaced over 1.6 million people.

The Trauma of ongoing War in Chechnya
Quantitative assessment of living conditions, and psychosocial and general health status among war displaced in Chechnya and Ingushetia.
The displaced populations in Ingushetia and Chechnya are living in unacceptable conditions, traumatized by conflict, and in fear of their safety.

EMERGENCY IN DARFUR :: No relief in sight
After a killing spree from September 2003 until February 2004, there is continued violence and severe aid shortages in Darfur, Sudan. Current relief operations fall dramatically short of the massive needs and will not prevent an entirely man-made famine.

Briefing document on the International Implications of the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement
A Medecins Sans Frontieres' briefing paper on the international implications of the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement, which calls for the FTA NOT to be passed by the Australian Parliament in its current form. This could have a disastrous impact on access to medicines in developing countries.

ACT NOW to Africa to get malaria treatment that works
This is an urgent call to international donors join African countries in implementing World Health Organization (WHO) treatment guidelines for malaria.

Sri Lanka
With the hope of lasting peace, the situation is slowly changing in the northern and eastern areas of Sri Lanka, and Médecins Sans Frontières is closing all it's projects in the region. The health system in these former zones of conflict is being restored, doctors and nurses are returning to take up long vacant positions, and people are returning to their villages in the hope of starting anew.

Liberian Stories
Random violence, looting, rape, forced recruitment, family separation and general chaos have been part of the daily life of many Liberians for more than a decade. This document highlights their permanent struggle to survive and find security in inhumane conditions.

DRC - Unkept promises
During May 2003, Bunia, in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was the scene of extreme violence. As field teams have provided aid to the ill and war-wounded, they have heard victims’ accounts of massive violations of international humanitarian law. » Map of activities in the DRC

Left without a choice
“If the camps are closed, I will dig a pit in the ground and sit in it together with my children." This woman was a forced Migrant living in a camp in Ingushetia. Read the Médecins Sans Frontières survey on Chechens forced to return to Chechnya.

Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference
An assessment on the progress of the “Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health,” which unequivocally recognised that access to medicines should have primacy over commercial interests. Médecins Sans Frontières outlines the next steps Members should take to meet their obligations to “promote access to medicines for all.” Cancún 2003.

Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Timor, Sierra Leone … in four years, western armed interventions have multiplied. Today they are concerned not only with security issues, but also the desire to export democracy and human rights to the rest of the world. Is this good news for populations whose existence is threatened by violence and the most murderous forms of oppression? This is the question at the centre of this book. What is the lot reserved for non-combatants in the midst of these ‘just’ wars undertaken by western armies? How are the humanitarian concerns regularly invoked by the actors on the international scene, manifested? What space is left in this new environment for humanitarian organisations attached to the principles of independence and impartiality?

Published by Cornell University Press.

Condemned to Repeat: The Paradox of Humanitarian Action
In her book "Condemned to Repeat: The Paradox of Humanitarian Action", Dr Fiona Terry addresses the responsibility of humanitarian actors for the consequences of their actions. She examines the attitudes of aid organisations towards the unintended consequences of their work in four case-studies of militarised refugee camps, and questions why the paradoxes of humanitarian action recur and persist in spite of the knowledge that agencies acquired.